The University of Kent meningitis outbreak has grown to 29 confirmed or probable infections, prompting authorities to offer the meningitis B vaccine to roughly 5,000 students.

Significantly lower risks for MACE, all-cause mortality, incident myocardial infarction, stroke seen for adults 50 years and older with ASCVD.

People with heart disease who received a shingles vaccine had nearly half the rate of serious cardiac events a year later compared with those who did not get the vaccine, according to a study ...

A shingles vaccine might double as a powerful heart protector. In people already at high risk, it cut major cardiac events by 46% and deaths by an impressive 66% within a year. Scientists think ...

The future of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s panel of vaccine advisers is unclear, even among its recently appointed members.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported avian flu detections in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan, and Indiana this past week, and it said 15.2 million birds have been affected by ...

The University of Southern Denmark has placed a “full hold” on a heavily criticized clinical trial of the hepatitis B vaccine ...

Patients with RA who use abatacept mount little humoral or cell-mediated responses to the recombinant zoster vaccine, with more injection-site reactions but similar RA flare rates compared with ...

Many vaccines confer surprising knock-on, or indirect, health benefits when they have been put into widespread use.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its investigation into a Salmonella outbreak tied to moringa leaf powder. A total of 97 cases have been recorded, with 32 new cases since ...

"Falling vaccination rates, inadequate health policy, and a lack of preparedness can trigger a crisis that brings an entire nation to its knees," writes the Governor of Hawaii.

Researchers at University of California, Riverside say shingles vaccine may reduce heart risks and dementia; recommended for adults over 50.